barking and chewing its own tail?" "Er, it's none of those," replied Monica,

almost apologetically, "it's the ten-week-old Border Terrier who likes to jump

...and he steals socks!"

On the mystery of ageing men’s invisibility...

You see, strange as it may sound, it turns out that men of Colin's age are invisible to all younger females and, equally strangely, this invisibility apparently diminishes when such men go out with a puppy. Seemingly, puppies turn all females into quivering jellies, stimulating their innate maternal instincts, and men out walking said puppies get to bask in their reflected affection.